| Search Tips |
Examples |
Be specific
• Use nouns and unique words
• Put the most important words first
• Use multiple terms when possible |
If you were interested in "bias in newspapers" you could search for:
newspapers bias slant censorship journalism |
Use descriptive words
• Use words that describe the kind of information you want to help narrow your results
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Use words like policy or research to find sites that might be more scholarly, or words like controversy, debate, or issue to find sites that cover both sides of an issue. |
Use quotes around phrases
• Many search engines will then search for the words as a phrase not as separate words
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"world health organization" |
Use connectors
• Check the search engine's help feature to discover what Boolean connectors it supports and how to enter them.
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In Google, entering a + in front of a word or phrase means that word MUST be present in all results returned.
+ "assisted suicide" |
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